Emery-steel.



Patented luly 9, |90I.

No. 678,3ol.

" n. F. LucAs.

EMEBY STEEL.

(Appumion mea nu. 25, 1901.)

(no nom.)

w/msssss 'E YS -NITED STATES PATENT Eri-ICE. i

GEORGE F. LUCAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EMERY-STEEL.

SEECElCAION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,301, dated July 9,1901. Application filed March 25, 1901, Serial No. 52,692. (No model.)

To all whom, it' 11i/ty concern:

Beit known that l, GEORGE F. LUCAS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and'lmpro'ved Emery-Steel, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description. A

The purpose of the invention is to provide an emery-steel with cushionsso arranged that should the steel dropthe cushions will engage with thesurface on which the steel may fall, the steel throughout its lengthbeing held out of contact with such surface. Thus the force of a fall isbroken, and the steel will not be fractured or damaged by such anaccident.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the iniproved steel, and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical section` taken substantially on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1.

A represents the body of the steel. This body is made of emery or othersimilar vmaterial upon which a knife may be readily sharpened. The bodyis of the usual tapering forni and is reinforced by a metal rod 10,which extends centrally and longitudinally through the body, the rearend 11 of the rod being secured in a handle 12 in any suitablenian ner.At the forward end 13 of the said rod 10 a cushion 14E is secured, whichcushion engages with the outer end of the body. This cushion 14E isusually made of rubber, although any yielding or elastic material may beemployed, and a second cushion 15 is located upon the handle l2,extending beyond the outer face thereof. The said cushion 15, as shownin Fig. 2, is usuallyin the form of a ring and is secured in a suitablegroove'made peripherally in the handle. This cushion 15 is shown asbeing quite close to the inner end of the body A, but its position maybe changed. The form of the cushion may likewise be changed--as, forexample, instead of using a ring-like cushion 15, as shown in thedrawings, the cushioning of the handle may be accomplished byintroducing into the handle at its periphery a series of pegs of rubberor a like material, which will extend beyond the outer face of thehandle.

In operation should the steel drop the two cushions will .engage withthe surface upon which the steel falls and will hold the body throughoutits length out of contact with the said surface, as is illustrated inthe drawings, and theV cushions 14 and 15 likewise serve to break thefall of the steel.

It will be observed that these cushions while serving a useful purposedo not -in any mannerinterfere with the'passage of the knife along thesteel, since the diameter of the cushion 141C is practically that of theouter end of the body.

Having thus described my invention, I claimas new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. As a new article emery-steel having yieldingcushions arranged to prevent the steel fromcoining in contact with aplain or substantially flat surface, one of said cushions being extendedfrom the end of the steel and having a taper corresponding to that ofthe said steel, substantiallyv as specied.

2. 'An emery-steel, comprising a body, a handle and a reinforcing rodextending through the body to the handle and out beyond the outer endofthe body, a cushion secured upon the outer end of the reinforcingrod,which cushion forms a continuation of the body, being in engagementwiththe rear end thereof, and a second cushion located eX- teriorly onthe handle and extending beyond the outer face of the handle, for thepurpose set forth. y

of manufacture, an

In testimony whereof l have signed my.

GEORGE E. LUCAS.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. AcKER, JNO. M. RITTER.

